I am going to give this new ESC a try. I am ordering this stuff to use the Hotwire. Is this all I need and will the old Hotwire work.? Thanks..
http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...-USB-Interface
http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...otWire-Adapter

UN4RACING - That's all you need. Yes the old hotwire will work once you have the adapter.

Mark

The RX8 G2 will come with an adapter.

Just to put it out there you can always use the reciever wire (old school) to program the Gen 2 speedo's as well but the new adapter is WAY easier IMO.

Thanks gents looking forward to testing this thing out.

Hey guys I just order my self two rx8 gen 2 and I got a gen 1 will the rx8 run with a hobbywing motors at all I am looking at getting the 1800kv motors

It should run that motor fine.

It's normal. Mine is the same way.

thanks randy very much mate

I forgot to ask can the rx8 run a non serornless motor

Thanks! Good to know everything is dandy

Anyone wondering how strong the new BEC is, it is quite impressive. We are testing mechanical breaks in our ET48 electric truggy and the ESC has enough BEC current to run two Hitec 7955s (one for steering, one for break) for ten minutes without a capacitor (glitch buster) on the rx. Servos were going strong and no issues for the entire race.

Actually I found the Gen1 able to handle two 7955's in my Mugen truggy Tekno conversion. Have you tested something like two 7940's or 2 HV servos? That would be a true test of the internal BEC. Are you running the 7955's at 7.4v?

Yes, both at 7.4. I added this because previously we had intermittant issues on all our vehicles with a 7955 on a gen 1 until we added a glitch buster. Now there is no need for this even with two servos.

Yep. It can run either sensor or sensorless motors.